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étonner

/e.tɔ.ne/

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verb/e.tɔ.ne/

to surprise

Ce qui m'étonne, c'est qu'il n'en dise rien.What surprises me is that he isn't saying anything about it.

Related: tu m'étonnes

From Middle French estonner, from Old French estoner (“to be dizzy due to a violent blow”), of obscure origin. Possibly from Old Frankish *stunōn (“to make a loud sound”), from Proto-Germanic *stunōną (“to make a sound, groan”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ten- (“to thunder, rustle, drone, groan”). Cognate with Old English stunian (“to crash, make a loud sound”) (see stun); or from a hypothetical Latin *extonare (“to thunder out”) from ex (“out”) + tonare (“to thunder”), ultimately from the sam